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May 2025 Newsletter

AMA’s new medical liability report demands action – now  The American Medical Association’s (AMA) Medical Liability Reform NOW! 2025 report sounds the alarm: medical liability premiums are climbing, and a hard market – where policies are more expensive and harder to...

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Managing Obstetric Risk to Mitigate Claims

Publication Source: MPL Medical Professional Liability Association Maternal healthcare is at a critical turning point in the US, as we face some of the highest rates of maternal morbidity and mortality among developed nations. While these issues are challenging, they...

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April 2025 Newsletter

Examining AI and medical liability Artificial Intelligence is transforming healthcare, but its integration poses a novel challenge: who is responsible if or when AI errors occur? The question of medical liability in AI-driven care has experts and attorneys debating...

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Weight loss medications via telehealth pose rising risk

Amid soaring patient demand for GLP-1 weight loss medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy, primary care physicians (PCPs) are raising concerns about patient safety risks associated with third-party telehealth prescriptions of the new drugs. According to a recent survey...

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Examining AI and medical liability

Artificial intelligence (AI) is supposed to make errors less common. But what happens if it doesn’t? While AI can reduce medical errors, experts and malpractice attorneys say it could also cause them. And when a clinician using AI makes a mistake, it’s tough to answer...

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March 2025 Newsletter

Premium increase causes pain for patients, providers A new American Medical Association Policy Research Perspective dives into the pain felt by health care providers and patients, as medical liability insurance premiums rise for a sixth year in a row. These troubling...

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